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Hoole, Emily; Patterson, Tracy E. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2008
The authors present the argument that evaluation as currently practiced is failing the needs of the social sector, if the goal is to help organizations achieve their mission. Three case studies are presented in which evaluation played a key role in the development of a learning culture within the organization. Each case highlights the positive…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Philanthropic Foundations, Evaluation Methods, Organizational Development
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Greer, Hal – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
In 1999, the staff of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) of the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) completed a review of the Virginia Board of Medicine that found problems with the process used to regulate physicians and recommended major changes to a system that had remained relatively unchanged for almost…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Legislators, Physicians, Political Influences